Title: Toolbar
Author: pixelateddwarf
Published: January 21, 2019
Last modified: January 16, 2023

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# Toolbar

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The **Toolbar** is an area of the screen just above the site that lists useful administration
screen links such as add a new post or edit your profile.

![Admin Bar](https://wordpress.org/documentation/files/2019/01/admin_bar-1024x26.
png)

Toolbar

The Toolbar contains links to information about WordPress, as well as quick-links
to create new posts, pages and links, add new users, review comments, and alerts
to available updates to plugins and themes on your site.

The toolbar can be turned on/off from the **Toolbar** option in [Administration](https://wordpress.org/support/article/administration-screens/?output_format=md)
> [Users](https://wordpress.org/support/article/administration-screens/?output_format=md#users-your-blogging-family)
> [Your Profile](https://wordpress.org/support/article/users-your-profile-screen/?output_format=md),
but It is no longer possible to hide the Toolbar when viewing the [Administration Screens](https://wordpress.org/support/article/administration-screens/?output_format=md).

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**Note:** If you have turned the Toolbar on in your profile settings, but still 
don’t see it on the front end of your site, it may be that your theme does not call
[ ](https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_footer)wp_footer() in its 
footer.php file, or the Toolbar may be disabled by a plugin.

## Resources

 *  [WordPress Toolbar Generator](http://generatewp.com/toolbar/)

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First published

January 21, 2019

Last updated

January 16, 2023